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STATISTICS USING EXCEL
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ISBN-10: 0-13-693964-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-693964-1
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, CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics
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Section 1-1: Statistical and Critical Thinking ...................................................................1
Section 1-2: Types of Data ...............................................................................................3
Section 1-3: Collecting Sample Data ................................................................................4
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Section 1-4: Introduction to Excel ....................................................................................5
Quick Quiz ........................................................................................................................5
Review Exercises ..............................................................................................................6
Cumulative Review Exercises ..........................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Exploring Data with Tables and Graphs
Section 2-1: Frequency Distributions for Organizing and Summarizing Data .................9
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Section 2-2: Histograms ..................................................................................................15
Section 2-3: Graphs That Enlighten and Graphs That Deceive ......................................18
Section 2-4: Scatterplots, Correlation, and Regression ..................................................21
Quick Quiz ......................................................................................................................23
Review Exercises ............................................................................................................24
Cumulative Review Exercises ........................................................................................25
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Chapter 3: Describing, Exploring, and Comparing Data
Section 3-1: Measures of Center .....................................................................................27
Section 3-2: Measures of Variation ................................................................................35
Section 3-3: Measures of Relative Standing and Boxplots .............................................42
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Quick Quiz ......................................................................................................................47
Review Exercises ............................................................................................................47
Cumulative Review Exercises ........................................................................................49
Chapter 4: Probability
Section 4-1: Basic Concepts of Probability ....................................................................51
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Section 4-2: Addition Rule and Multiplication Rule ......................................................52
Section 4-3: Complements, Conditional Probability, and Bayes’ Theorem ...................55
Section 4-4: Counting .....................................................................................................57
Section 4-5: Simulations for Hypotheses Tests ..............................................................60
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Quick Quiz ......................................................................................................................60
Review Exercises ............................................................................................................61
Cumulative Review Exercises ........................................................................................62
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Chapter 5: Discrete Probability Distributions
Section 5-1: Probability Distributions ............................................................................65
Section 5-2: Binomial Probability Distributions.............................................................67
Section 5-3: Poisson Probability Distributions ...............................................................70
Quick Quiz ......................................................................................................................72
Review Exercises ............................................................................................................73
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Cumulative Review Exercises ........................................................................................74
, Chapter 6: Normal Probability Distributions
Section 6-1: The Standard Normal Distribution .............................................................77
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Section 6-2: Real Applications of Normal Distributions ................................................79
Section 6-3: Sampling Distributions and Estimators ......................................................83
Section 6-4: The Central Limit Theorem ........................................................................87
Section 6-5: Assessing Normality ...................................................................................91
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Section 6-6: Normal as Approximation to Binomial (Download Only) .........................94
Quick Quiz ......................................................................................................................97
Review Exercises ............................................................................................................98
Cumulative Review Exercises ........................................................................................99
Chapter 7: Estimating Parameters and Determining Sample Sizes
Section 7-1: Estimating a Population Proportion..........................................................101
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Section 7-2: Estimating a Population Mean..................................................................106
Section 7-3: Estimating a Population Standard Deviation or Variance ........................111
Section 7-4: Bootstrapping: Using Excel for Estimates ...............................................115
Quick Quiz ....................................................................................................................117
Review Exercises ..........................................................................................................117
Cumulative Review Exercises ......................................................................................119
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Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing
Section 8-1: Basics of Hypothesis Testing ...................................................................121
Section 8-2: Testing a Claim About a Proportion .........................................................123
Section 8-3: Testing a Claim About a Mean .................................................................131
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Section 8-4: Testing a Claim About a Standard Deviation or Variance .......................136
Section 8-5: Resampling: Using Excel for Hypothesis Testing....................................140
Quick Quiz ....................................................................................................................141
Review Exercises ..........................................................................................................142
Cumulative Review Exercises ......................................................................................143
Chapter 9: Inferences from Two Samples
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Section 9-1: Two Proportions .......................................................................................147
Section 9-2: Two Means: Independent Samples ...........................................................158
Section 9-3: Matched Pairs ...........................................................................................168
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Section 9-4: Two Variances or Standard Deviations ....................................................176
Section 9-5: Resampling: Using Technology for Inferences ........................................179
Quick Quiz ....................................................................................................................181
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Review Exercises ..........................................................................................................182
Cumulative Review Exercises ......................................................................................185
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